Agenda and minutes

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Contact: Madeleine Shopland  Democratic & Electoral Services Specialist

Items
No. Item

51.

Apologies

To receive any apologies for absence

Minutes:

An apology for absence was submitted from Councillor Alistair Auty.

52.

Declaration of Interest

To receive any declarations of interest

Minutes:

Councillor Charlotte Haitham Taylor declared a Personal Interest in Item 44 Long List for Permanent Chief Executive and Director Locality and Customer Services on the grounds that she had previously met one of the candidates.  Councillor Haitham Taylor remained in the meeting during discussions and voted on the matter.

53.

Public Question Time

To answer any public questions

 

A period of 30 minutes will be allowed for members of the public to ask questions submitted under notice.

 

The Council welcomes questions from members of the public about the work of this committee.

 

Subject to meeting certain timescales, questions can relate to general issues concerned with the work of the Committee or an item which is on the Agenda for this meeting.  For full details of the procedure for submitting questions please contact the Democratic Services Section on the numbers given below or go to www.wokingham.gov.uk/publicquestions

Minutes:

There were no public questions.

54.

Member Question Time

To answer any member questions

Minutes:

There were no Member questions.

55.

Long List for Permanent Chief Executive and Director Locality and Customer Service pdf icon PDF 81 KB

To consider a report regarding the Long List for Permanent Chief Executive and Director Locality and Customer Service (contains Part 2 sheets).

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Board received a report regarding the long listing of candidates for the roles of Chief Executive and the Director Locality and Customer Services.

56.

Exclusion of the Public

The Personnel Board will exclude press and public in order to discuss the Part 2 sheets of Agenda Item 44 above and to do so it must pass a resolution in the following terms:

 

That under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act (as amended) as appropriate.

 

Minutes:

RESOLVED:  That under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act (as amended) as appropriate.

 

57.

Long List for Permanent Chief Executive and Director Locality and Customer Services

Minutes:

The Board received a report regarding the long listing of candidates for the roles of Chief Executive and the Director Locality and Customer Services.

 

RESOLVED:  That:

 

1)         applicants submitted by the Executive Search firm Penna be reviewed;

 

2)         that 10 candidates from those classified as either ‘A’ or ‘B’, be           supported to proceed to longlist interview for the role of Chief       Executive and that 9 candidates from those classified as either ‘A’ or    ‘B’ be supported to longlist interview for the role of Director Locality and      Customer Services;

 

3)         the proposal to reject candidates classified as ‘C’ be accepted.